Articles

E.g., 2025-04
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Romania Signs Agreement on Combatting Illicit Drugs Traffic By Sea On March 19, 1998, the Romanian Government signed the European Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea. This Council of Europe Convention helps implement, within Europe, the provisions of Article 17 of... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Europe, Romania International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties
Swiss Banks and Jewish Representatives Agree on Restitution Fund On March 26, 1998, the three major Swiss banks agreed to negotiate a global settlement with Holocaust victims, promising to establish a compensation fund in the U.S. to make restitution to Holocaust... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Switzerland Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust, Property Restitution
Senate Upholds Clinton Administration’s Certification of Mexican Drug Policy On March 26, 1998, the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 54 to 45, upheld the Clinton Administration’s decision to certify that the Mexican Government is “fully cooperating” with the U.S. in counterdrug... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
Agreement Reached to Establish Commission to Resolve Insurance Claims of Holocaust Victims On April 8, 1998, at a meeting at New York State Insurance Superintendent’s office, four major European life insurance companies, state insurance regulators, and the representatives of two Jewish... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust
Swiss Highest Appellate Court Approves Forfeiture of Marcos Assets On April 15, 1998, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Police Agency announced that the Swiss Court of Appeals affirmed the forfeiture of more than $500 million in Swiss bank accounts belonging to the... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Switzerland, Philippines Corruption, Asset Forfeiture
U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Cybercrimes, Transnational Crime, and Intellectual Property Theft On March 24, 1998, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress held a hearing on “Cybercrime, Transnational Crime, and Intellectual Property Theft.”...[more] Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States Cybercrime, Intellectual Property, Theft
New Mexico Governor Demands Extradition of Murder Suspects from Cuba In the aftermath of the announcement by the Clinton Administration of moves to reduce some of the economic sanctions against Cuba, Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico has renewed a request that the... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States, Cuba Extradition, Murder
Smuggler of Precious French Religious Relics Pleads Guilty On April 8, 1998, Sebastian Zegrean, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise of the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, to one count of making false statements to Customs... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States, France Art and Cultural Property, Smuggle
Panama Denies Haitian Extradition Request for Former Military Ruler On April 10, 1998, Panamanian Vice Foreign Minister Marcel Salamin announced that his Government denied a Haitian Government request to extradite former head of state Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras because... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Haiti, Panama Extradition, Murder
AIDP Colloquium on Organized Crime and International Cooperation On May 13-17, 1998, a preparatory Colloquium of the Association International de Droit Penal (AIDP) on Organized Crime and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters will be organized in Utrecht,... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 World Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation
Privy Council Grants Swiss Extradition Request for Financial Fugitive On April 2, 1998, the Privy Council in London, the supreme court for the Bahamas and other Caribbean jurisdictions, upheld the decision in 1996 of Magistrate Carolita Bethel that Werner Rey must be... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Switzerland Extradition, Embezzlement
Crime Across the World: Is the Rule of Law Being Corrupted? On May 22-25, 1998, the Section on General Practice, International Bar Association, is hosting the fourth seminar on the Alleged Transnational Criminal, in Vienna, Austria. Investigators,... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 World Conferences, Crimes

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